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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

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• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • buchi_isa@hotmail.com

Fraud email example:

From: "buchi_isa2@terra.es" <buchi_isa2@terra.es>
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2007 14:30:47 +0100 (MET)
Subject: Good Day



My Request

I am a Fund Manager with Fidelity Investment UK-Channel Island and I handle all our Investor's Capital Project Funds that enables me to divert 1.2 Pecent Investors Excess Return Capital Funds to our Magellan Trust Funds Account whereby anyone can be presented to claim the funds. On this note, the total sum of 16.8Million Great British Pounds GBP(Sixteen Million Eight Hundred Thousand GBP) has been diverted representing the 1.2 Pecent Excess Return Capital Funds from the Investor Capital Project Funds for 2005/2006. I need a reliable and trustworthy person.

That can work this deal out with me so that we can claim the funds as mentioned above.
There is no risk attached and the funds in question can never be dictated or traced. Our sharing ratio is 50:50. If you are interested, please send your direct telephone numbers through my home email address (buchi_isa@hotmail.com) for discussion of this deal in further details.

Mr.John Moore
Fidelity Investment UK-Channel Island
www.fidelity-international.com











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